Take your first take a look at the duvet for The Scarlet Throne (US | UK), the debut fantasy novel by Amy Leow, coming September 2024!

Cowl Design by Lauren Panepinto; Cowl Illustration by Marcos Chin

A darkish, heart-thumping political epic fantasy by debut writer Amy Leow—filled with scheming demons, morally gray heroines, speaking cats, and cut-throat clergymen, this scrumptious story of energy and corruption will captivate from starting to finish.

Binsa is a “residing goddess,” chosen by the gods to dispense each mercy and punishment from her place on the Scarlet Throne. However her reign hides a lethal secret. Reasonably than channeling the knowledge of an immortal deity, she harbors a demon.

Although, one can not stay a residing goddess endlessly. When her temple’s clergymen resolve that Binsa’s time in energy has come to an finish, a brand new woman, Medha, is chosen to take over her place as goddess. However Binsa refuses to be discarded into a lifetime of uncertainty as a younger lady, and she or he strikes a cope with her demon: She is going to sacrifice her folks’s lives with a view to amplify his energy, and in return, he’ll assist her seize management from the clergymen as soon as and for all.

However how a lot of her humanity is she prepared to commerce for the sake of ambition? Offers with demons are not often so easy.